Four Malian World Pop stars, including singer Fatoumata “Fatou” Diawara and Bassekou Kouyaté (who appeared at the CMA in 2011), perform in defiance of Islamic fundamentalists who seek to ban secular music and dance in Mali.

Four Malian World Pop stars, including singer Fatoumata “Fatou” Diawara and Bassekou Kouyaté (who appeared at the CMA in 2011), perform in defiance of Islamic fundamentalists who seek to ban secular music and dance in Mali.

This film dramatizes some pivotal years in the life of the Nobel Prize–winning physicist and chemist who challenged orthodoxy both as a female scientist and as a woman with an unconventional love life.

Marion Davies, ace comedienne and protégé/paramour to William Randolph Hearst, plays a millionaire’s spoiled daughter who is whipped into shape by the actor playing Petruchio in a local production of The Taming of the Shrew. This delightful silent comedy is best remembered today for its Art Deco production design (sets, costumes, lighting) by prominent designer Joseph Urban.

This moving crowd-pleaser profiles pioneering real-life Brazilian nurse Nise da Silveira, who, during the 1940s, advocated for treating mental patients with painting and art therapy rather than electroshock and lobotomies. In the process, she unleashed the talent of some of the foremost Brazilian artists of the 20th century.

This moving crowd-pleaser profiles pioneering real-life Brazilian nurse Nise da Silveira, who, during the 1940s, advocated for treating mental patients with painting and art therapy rather than electroshock and lobotomies. In the process, she unleashed the talent of some of the foremost Brazilian artists of the 20th century.

This ebullient silent comedy tells of an ardent baseball fan who tries to save the last horse-drawn trolley line (run by his girlfriend’s grandfather) in speed-obsessed New York City. Partly filmed on location, the movie offers a fascinating look at 1920s NYC.

This ebullient silent comedy tells of an ardent baseball fan who tries to save the last horse-drawn trolley line (run by his girlfriend’s grandfather) in speed-obsessed New York City. Partly filmed on location, the movie offers a fascinating look at 1920s NYC.